Importance Of Order Maintenance

Register to read the introduction… Order maintenance in neighborhoods that have foot patrols have been known to make residents feel safer than those that don’t have them. The Broken Windows article stated that foot patrol officers presence didn’t reduce crime in the areas they patrolled, but made the residents feel safer and they looked up to the officers more than those that lived in areas without foot patrol officers. The majority of police officers hired are assigned to the patrol section because it is responsible for maintaining order. Patrol officers functions are to respond to service calls and patrol areas of assignment. All patrol officers are the first to implement order maintenance when they respond to a service call. Here in the United States police officers are also given the job of implementing order maintenance in traffic safety. Officers overseeing traffic safety are responsible for the safeguard of roadways, vehicles and pedestrians. Police officers at local levels have been dealing with terrorism since the 1960’s. In the United States we can use the three sociological perspectives to aid in the understanding of the jobs of our police …show more content…
The composition of their law enforcement agencies is very different from that of the United States although they provide similar duties of order maintenance. In a national emergency or major disaster, the National Police Agency is authorized to take command of police forces to control order maintenance. The National Police Agency is composed of over 1,100 national civil servants, authorized to collect information and incorporate execute national policies. The agency is actually composed of a commissioner general (Chief). The central office is composed of the Secretariat which has divisions for planning, general operations, information, finance, management, and procurement and distribution of police equipment, and at least five bureaus. The Administration Bureau focuses on police personnel, their education, welfare and training. Their Criminal Investigation Bureau is focused on research statistics and the investigations of nationally and international important cases. The bureau's Safety Department focuses on crime prevention, juvenile delinquency, and pollution control. The Criminal Investigation Bureau also recommends regulations on firearms, explosives, food, drugs, and narcotics. In Japan their local police system is called the Koban system and it provides local residents with order maintenance on safety and peace through police officers making daily contact with residents in the area they patrol. The success of order maintenance in Japan depends on the relationship between the police officers and the people of the community. The Koban policing system rests on police boxes and residential police boxes which are located throughout the country side. Their centralized police system has the responsibilities of daily life functions to include fire prevention and negotiation of labor disagreements. The Peace Preservation Law